Holder for pens or pencils.



N0.7|3,|34. l Pmmedmv. Il, 1902.

` l J. L. MuLLms. HOLDER FDR PENS OR FENCILS.

(Ap'pxicaeing mea Apr. 2, 19o2.\

(N0 Model.)

m n M LIL. WMZ/Yap? UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LEE M-ULLINS, OF GREENFIELD, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF p TO M.S. NELMS, OF GREENFIELD, ARKANSAS.v

HOLDER FOR PENS OR PENCILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,134, dated November11, 1902.

Application filed April 2, 1902.

Serial No. 101,115. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LEE MULLINs, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Greenfield, in the county ofPoinsett and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Holders for Pens or Pencils; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains tomake and use the same. This invention provides a novelty in the form ofa holder for pencils, pens, and like articles to prevent slipping of thesaine from the pocket and enable attachment of said article to aconvenient part of the clothing, such as a vest-pocket, shirt-front,Suspenders, and the like. The holder also prevents the pen or pencil towhich it is fitted from rolling od a desk or table when placed thereon.

The invention consists of a holder formed of a continuous or endlesspiece of wire bent back and forth in a zigzag direction to provide aseries of loops or folds which alternately extend in oppositedirections, the holder when complete being of circular or cage form andcapable of contraction and expansion, so as to grip opposite sides ofthepencil or pen to which it may be fitted, the end portions of the loopsor folds being` outwardly deflected to facilitate the passage of thefabric between the same and a side of the pen or pencil when the holderis fitted to a garment or other part of the wearing-apparel.

The invention also consists of the novel features and peculiarconstruction of the device, which hereinafter will be more particularlyset forth, illustrated, and iinally claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification,Figure 1 is a perspective View of a holder for pencils and pensconstructed in accordance with and embodying the essential features ofthe invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the holder applied to apencil. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a pencil held in a pocket bymeans of the holder.

Corresponding and like parts are referred reference characters.

g The holder, as shown, is of cage form and approximately cylindrical;and it consists of a single wire of proper gage bent back and forth in azigzag direction to provide a series of loops or folds l and 2, whichextend alternately in opposite directions. The wire is resilient, so asto impart a spring action to the holder and admit of its contraction andexpansion, likewise causing the loops 1 and 6o 2 to grip the sides ofthe pencil or pen. The closed ends of the loops or folds 1 and 2 arebent outward, as shown at 3, to provide a flaring space between them andthe sides of the pencil or pen to admit of ready insertion of the fabricor other supporting means for the pencil or pen to which the holder maybe attached.

The end portions of the holder are similarly constructed.Hencetheholdermaybeslipped 7o upon the pencil or pen from either end.When the pencil or pen is inserted into the pocket, as shown in Fig. 3,the upper edge4 portion of said pocket is clamped between the outermostloop or fold and the side of the pencil or pen. Anyone of the upper orlower loops or folds may be engaged with the support to which it may bedesired to attach the holder carrying lthe pencil, as will be readilyunderstood. The outwardly-bent ends 3 of 8o the loops or folds serve toprevent rolling of the pencil or pen when placed upon a desk or otherinclined surface.

The holder may be of any length and diameter, and the meeting ends ofthe wire from which it is constructed may be welded, brazed, soldered,or otherwise secured, as found most advantageous'according to the costand finish of the marketable article, so as to provide, in effect, acontinuous or end- 9o less piece of wire. Each loop or fold of theholder constitutes a clamp member to grip the pen or pencil and the partto which the same may be iitted.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A holderof approximately cylindrical form to be fitted to a pen or pencil byasliding motion with either end out and made of a continuous or endlesspiece of spring-wire bent roo into the shape substantially as shown toprovide loops or folds alternately arrangedin article to which it may bedesired to attach the holder and article when applying the same thereto,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LEE MULLINS.

Witnesses:

L. L. CANTRELL, J. D. CoDY.

